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MGMA Architects has unveiled proposals to transform the former Pilkington Headquarters - a Grade II listed modernist campus in St Helens - into a sustainable, heritage-led residential community. The scheme reimagines the Tower, Courtyard, Lakeside and Museum buildings alongside new-build homes, delivering 292 residences (including 19 floating homes at Lakeside East) along with co-working space, resident amenities, and a destination health and leisure facility, all while celebrating the site`s distinctive relationship between architecture, landscape and the lake.
Reposted from @mgma___architects - always with permission.
Our proposals for the former Pilkington Headquarters explore how this abandoned landmark Grade II listed campus could be transformed into a sustainable, heritage-led residential community.
The scheme combines the retrofit and conversion of the existing buildings with complementary new-build development, exploring different configurations across the campus while responding to its distinctive relationship between architecture, landscape and the lake.
The existing Tower, Courtyard, Lakeside and Museum buildings are reimagined through a range of residential typologies, alongside new homes across the wider site. The proposals also introduce co-working spaces, resident amenities, storage and an on-site energy centre, with the former canteen block explored as a destination health and leisure facility.
A total of 292 homes are proposed, each exceeding National Space Standards, including 19 floating homes at Lakeside East, alongside new landscape, pedestrian and cycle connections designed to strengthen the campus as a connected community.
The proposals look to give new life to the former headquarters while retaining and reinterpreting the character, scale and heritage of the Pilkington campus.
Take a look at our previous post for some really cool photos of Alexandra park!
#reuseofheritageassets #changeofuse #maxwellfry #sthelens #modernistarchitecture #architecture #modelmaking #heritagepreservation #beedier #socialmediazeitgeist @vextrixuk
Denizen Works has designed Komorebi, a timber holiday cabin tucked into a clearing in Norfolk`s Swanton Novers woods, wrapping a solid, cork-rendered volume in a veil of coppiced timber posts that echoes the surrounding trees and filters light through to the interior. Inside, dark stained timber, natural clay plasters, and a glowing handmade paper lantern draw on Tanizaki`s In Praise of Shadows to create a warm, shadowed retreat that feels both enclosed and deeply connected to the forest.
Reposted from @denizen_works - always with permission.
Planning permission has been approved for Komorebi, a holiday-let cabin in the Swanton Novers woods, constructed from timber harvested on site and milled at a local, purpose-built workshop.
One of a number of bespoke treehouses on the site, alongside designs by @material_cultures @molearchitects and @hudsonarchitects
Our building occupies a small clearing at the threshold between the dense woodland and the open vista of the ride. The architecture seeks to restore the missing trees in the clearing through a vertically articulated timber veil that wraps the main building, formed from primary timber posts with coppiced infill panels representing the species found within the woodland. This screen helps create a sense of enclosure to the treehouse, filters light and provides shading and privacy. The main accommodation is a simple black form clad in cork render - a solid, enigmatic presence glimpsed through the permeable veil.
The treatment for the interiors is inspired by Jun`ichirō Tanizaki`s essay about Japanese aesthetics, `In Praise of Shadows`, which finds beauty in imperfection, aging, and simplicity through shadows and subdued lighting. Dark stained timber is contrasted with smooth natural clay plasters, while a bespoke paper lantern made from recycled drawings of the project creates a soft warm glow at night.
Visuals: @audiovisualarchitecture
Engineers: @structure.workshop
Planning Consultant: @rural_solutions_ltd
Project Management: @dcpsurveyors
Lighting Design: @ecologicallightingsolutions
#denizenworks #komorebi #treehousedesign #woodlandretreat #archviz #beedier #socialmediazeitgeist
Neiheiser Argyros brings a new civic landmark to Athens with their Mixed-Use Aquatics Facility at Ellinikon Sports Park, where custom concrete blocks and a striking colonnade merge industrial rigor with classical elegance. Now under construction, the 50m Olympic-size pool, gym, and spectator seating above a public plaza the Project will open sweeping views toward the park and sea beyond.
Reposted from @neiheiser_argyros - always with permission.
We’re excited to share some renders of our Mixed-Use Aquatics Facility at the Sports Park in Ellinikon, Athens — a new civic space for sport and recreation.
Phase 1 includes a 50m Olympic-size pool with a gym, changing rooms, offices, spectator seating and café. Custom concrete blocks give the building a sense of both solidity and novelty. A regular grid of columns frames the activity of the pool, hybridizing industrial and classical logics to create a civic architecture that feels both familiar and new. Elevated above a public plaza, athletes and spectators look out across the park and towards the sea.
Phase 1 now under construction.
Architecture: @neiheiser_argyros
Structural Engineering: Omete
MEP Engineering: Kravvaritis & Partners
Lighting: @aslight__studio
Landscape: @landworks_landscape_architects
#cmu #pools #publicpools #architecture #ellinikonsportspark #beedier #socialmediazeitgeist
Hayatsu Architects have conceived this stunning building as a welcoming new community landmark and distinctive gateway to Neasden Shopping Centre. With public realm design by East Architecture Its pavilion-like form combines curved straw-bale walls, lime plaster and expressive hardwood trims with a bold red tower, bringing local heritage and natural materials into a wider landscape-led renewal.
Reposted from @takeshi_hayatsu and @east.architecture.land - always with permission.
East @east.architecture.land and HA @takeshi_hayatsu are collaborating on the Neasden Civic Partnership Programme for Brent, funded by the GLA.
In addition to pavement widening, planting (and some signage and art installations with @poor_collective to come later next year) we have just submitted a planning application for a new community building, at the intersection of the north Circular and Neasden Lane. Standing as an independent, pavilion-like building and marking the start of Neasden Shopping Centre, the design is inspired by historic types which functioned as focal landmarks and beacons, such as the Globe Theatre and rotundas, lighthouses and tower houses. The external straw bale walls, with hardwood trims embedded between lime plaster, references Neasden’s heritage, from its village origins to its rapid development following the arrival of the railways.
Images 1,2 and 4 by Hayatsu Architects, image 3 East
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Turner Architects’ residential portfolio demonstrates a thoughtful approach to transforming existing homes into warm, personal spaces shaped around everyday life. Across these projects, generous glazing, crafted timber details and strong garden connections introduce light and character while creating a sensitive dialogue between old and new.
Reposted from @turnerarchitects - always With permission.
Every home has a story. What will yours say? At Turner Architects, we believe great residential design isn’t just about creating beautiful spaces, it’s about uncovering the narrative of how you live. Your home should reflect your history, your daily rituals, and the future that you’re building. Whether you are reimagining an historic property, crafting an extension, or designing a bespoke residential transformation, we collaborate closely with you to translate your personal story into a piece of architecture. We would love to work with you on your home. Please send us a DM or leave a message and we will send you details to book in an initial consultation. #turnerarchitects #residentialarchitecture #londonarchitects #architecturalnarrative #architectsofinstagram #beedier #socialmediazeitgeist
GRAU Architects’ renovation of Hotel Morava sensitively brings Fuchs’s interwar Functionalist vision into the present while preserving its clarity and connection with nature. Crisp white façades, blue balcony rails and red-framed windows complement calm, light-filled interiors, creating an inviting retreat rooted in the building’s architectural heritage.
Reposted from @grauarchitects - always with permission.
H O T E L M O R A V A
The renovation builds on Fuchs’s original concept of interwar Functionalism, characterised by rationality, clarity of form, and an emphasis on a healthy and hygienic environment. From its inception, the architecture of Zotavovňa Morava reflected a new way of spending leisure time, associated with sport, physical activity, and contact with nature. These principles also became the starting point for its contemporary renewal. The new interventions are therefore not an arbitrary interpretation of historical architecture, but an attempt to make the building’s original idea present again and adapt it to the current needs of its visitors.
#interiordesign #hotel #functionalism #reconstruction #accidentallywesanderson #beedier #socialmediazeitgeist
@grauarchitects @sebolichy @ma_mato_matej
Photo: @matejhakar
Working Title Architects has designed a thoughtfully composed backland family home in Purley, transforming an underused garden into a verdant residential setting. Its steep clay-tiled roof, warm brickwork and lime-rendered elevations reinterpret the area’s Arts and Crafts heritage with crisp contemporary detailing, while carefully balancing privacy, daylight and outlook.
Reposted from @workingtitlearch - always with permission.
We’ve recently submitted planning for a new backland scheme in Purley, South Croydon.
Set within a generous but underutilised garden, the scheme introduces a compact new family home set within a revitalised, verdant landscape. Following a series of in-depth conversations with the Local Authority, the proposals looked to more closely reflect the strong Arts & Crafts character of the local area. This led to the introduction of a bold roof profile, punctuated with architectural elements to create a strong silhouette. The material palette takes cues from the local building stock, with a warm multi-stock brick paired with roughcast lime render and clay tiles. The high-performance building envelope and contemporary detailing help to elevate the scheme, whilst the proposals have been carefully crafted to successfully address concerns regarding privacy, outlook and daylight, which are typical of sites of this type.
We worked on the scheme in collaboration with @eagleplanning and the fantastic CGI is by @_cappture
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Architecture studios Oskar and FELT have developed a compelling competition-winning scheme that unites the GO! Academy of Fine Arts and Atheneum on a shared campus in Anderlecht. By preserving valuable heritage structures while introducing light-filled additions, clearer connections and biodiverse outdoor spaces, the proposal creates an inspiring and adaptable environment for learning, creativity and exchange.
Reposted from @oskararchitecten - always with permission.
Oskar en FELT winnen de BMA-wedstrijd voor de restauratie, renovatie en nieuwbouw van de GO! Academie Beeldende Kunsten en het Atheneum in Anderlecht.
De twee scholen komen samen op één gedeelde campus, die doorheen de jaren is gegroeid en een rijke geschiedenis met zich meedraagt. Door het bestaande zorgvuldig te knippen en waardevolle structuren te behouden, ontstaat ruimte voor meer licht, lucht en nieuwe zichten. Ook de kelderverdieping krijgt zo een nieuwe rol.
Heldere assen en nieuwe verbindingen maken het geheel opnieuw leesbaar en verbinden gebouwen, ateliers en buitenruimtes. Tegelijk wordt de verharde site maximaal onthard en vergroend, met ruimte voor tuinen, pleinen en ontmoetingsplekken. Biodiversiteit, waterinfiltratie en klimaatbestendige beplanting versterken het groene karakter van de campus.
Zo ontstaat een toekomstgerichte leeromgeving waar erfgoed en nieuwe ingrepen elkaar versterken. De Academie en het Atheneum behouden hun eigen identiteit, maar vormen samen één campus die mee kan groeien met haar gebruikers.
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@felt.works
Technieken: @abetec_architecten_ingenieurs
Omgeving: @lokus_landscape
Erfgoed: @architectenvs
beelden:
@frame.bxl
voor:
@bouwmeestermaitrearchitecte
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AIDIA Studio`s competition proposal for the Varna Contemporary Library rises as a stepped, faceted volume wrapped in a shimmering diagrid skin, its terraces cut open to hold gardens of trees high above the Bulgarian city. Inside, cantilevered reading decks float over a luminous full-height atrium, turning the library into a vertical civic room where light, books and public life are stacked together.
Reposted from @aidiastudio - always with permission.
Legacy Project: Varna Contemporary Library 2015 | Competition
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Heatherwick Studio has unveiled its design to reawaken the Belvedere, the 1973 terrace poised between downtown Louisville and the Ohio River, letting a long-hardened edge of the city soften into a richly planted park — shade and trees, room to play, room to slow down, nature returning to the middle of things. At its heart rises the Firefly Pavilion, a fan of slender stems tipped with light and drawn from the summer flight of Kentucky`s fireflies: a civic canopy for concerts, for gatherings, for ordinary evenings, opening in 2030 as a place for the city to come together and follow the fireflies.
Reposted from @officialheatherwickstudio - always with permission.
Revealed: our new design to transform Belvedere, an under-loved public space in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
At its heart is the Firefly Pavilion, inspired by the dynamic flight of Kentucky’s fireflies.
This distinctive civic structure is designed for everyday community use, as well as larger cultural events.
“It creates a flexible platform for culture, performance and community life, designed to evolve continually with Louisville and its people,” said Stuart Wood, Executive Partner at Heatherwick Studio.
Belvedere originally opened in 1973, positioned between the city’s commercial centre and the Ohio River. Over time, this site became disconnected from city life.
In 2030, it will become “a relaxed and richly planted park, bringing glorious nature back into the heart of downtown,” said Wood.
“More trees and planting provide shade and respite, while generous spaces for play, gathering and relaxation make it a place for every generation to enjoy. A place for Louisville to come together, slow down, discover something unexpected - and follow the fireflies.”
@louisvillebelvedere
Visuals: @estudionod
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Gabriel Neistein have redesigned the José Paulino threshold of Bom Retiro Commercial Centre as a genuine invitation: a portico that draws the sidewalk inward through a measured sequence of spaces, restoring the porosity Lucjan Korngold gave the complex in 1957. Light brought deeper into the section, cobogó screens filtering the sky, shopfronts brought into a single rhythm, and a gradient of colour unfolding along the walk compose a spatial narrative that recovers the original language of the ensemble and makes arrival itself seamless with architecture.
Reposted from @gabriel_neistein - always with permission.
CCBR _ retrofit e acessibilidade
Pórtico de entrada e corredor
desenhos: @alexkfujita
O acesso pela Rua José Paulino foi redesenhado como um convite para quem passa pela cidade adentrar o Centro Comercial Bom Retiro por meio de uma sequência de espaços. O novo projeto luminotécnico, a ampliação da luz natural, a utilização de cobogós, a padronização das vitrines e o gradiente de cores ao longo do percurso constroem uma narrativa espacial que resgata a linguagem original do conjunto e transforma a chegada em uma experiência contínua entre cidade e arquitetura.
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Designed by Artform Architects, this Energy Centre scheme, granted planning consent as part of a new energy network in south Manchester, reimagines industrial infrastructure as a striking wedge-shaped building that positively contributes to the streetscape while supporting Manchester`s carbon-neutral ambitions. Combining a double-height CHP volume, administrative spaces, a slender chimney, and cylindrical thermal stores, the design offers a fresh architectural typology that will bring low-carbon electricity, heating, and cooling to a diverse community across south Central Manchester.
Reposted from @artformarchitects - always with permission.
Taking a look back at our Energy Centre project which we successfully gained planning consent for a few years ago. Sadly it still remains unbuilt but we remain hopeful!
The scheme was designed as part of a planned new energy network in south Manchester, assisting local business and residents in reducing carbon emissions, in line with Manchester City Council’s targets to become carbon neutral by 2038.
The new Energy Centre is a wedge-shaped building that consists of a series of interconnected elements – a double height volume containing the main CHP enclosures and plant space, a smaller single storey volume for administrative use, storage and ancillary plant rooms, a chimney for exhaust gases and three cylindrical thermal stores.
Once built it will supply electricity, heating and cooling, to a diverse group of residents and businesses across a 5 sq.km area in south Central Manchester.
The approach to the project was not only to provide a functional shell for the required plant and infrastructure, but to create a building that would positively contribute to the streetscape and offer a fresh new typology that speaks of it’s use and engages with the community.
Image 1 & 2 by the brilliant @haze_viz
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Led by ACME, this expansion transforms Robina Town Centre from an inward-facing shopping mall into a vibrant, open-air town center anchored by a striking undulating timber-clad market hall. The reversed-nave interior, warmed by honey-toned timber ribs and framed by 55 local traders, spills out into lush, water-featured landscaping that reconnects the community with Robina`s subtropical surroundings.
Reposted from @acmespace - always with permission.
Robina, Gold Coast, Australia
Robina is one of Australia’s first and largest planned communities, founded in 1980 alongside the Gold Coast, famous for its beaches, canals, waterways and subtropical rainforest hinterland. Serving the 25,000 residents, Robina Town Centre was originally constructed as an outdoor grouping of urban blocks containing shops and restaurants facing the lake, but this scheme was lost over the years.
The expansion of Robina seeks to turn it from an inward looking shopping centre into an open and urban town centre. The new spaces are unified by an undulating timber-clad roof creating shaded apertures. A series of south-facing notches brings daylight inside with minimal solar gain. Standing seam zinc is used as an external skin.
Inside, the volume evokes a reversed nave, an impression reinforced by the regular ribs and strips of honey-coloured timber. The market hall sits between two large supermarkets and consists of 55 new traders dedicated to celebrating local/regional production.
The market hall spills out onto a flowing, stepped landscaped area accessible from a new car park, providing a water feature and lush planting.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: MPN
CREATIVE DIRECTORS: Seventh Wave London
LOCAL ARCHITECT: The Buchan Group
MEP ENGINEERS: Wood & Grieve Engineers (WGE)
INTERIOR DESIGNER AND BRANDING: Landini Associates
LIGHTING DESIGNER: @seamdesign
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER: @aspectstudios
CONTRACTOR: ADCO Constructions Pty Limited
#RobinaTownCentre #SpacexAcme #TimberArchitecture #MarketHall #RetailDesign #Beedier #SocialMediaZeitgeist
This competition project by NP2F in collaboration with Lauka Architects reimagines the GO! Académie Anderlecht art school as a striking dialogue between industrial heritage and contemporary design, weaving new glass-and-marble volumes, a folded terracotta roofscape, and a rooftop garden into the site`s existing brick warehouses and towers. The result is a vibrant, light-filled campus where soaring studio spaces, sheltered courtyards, and elevated terraces create an inspiring home for students and artists alike.
Reposted from @np2f - always with permission.
GO ! Académie Anderlecht / Ecole d’art avec Lauka studio for architecture, objects and urbanism. Concours
#GOAcademieAnderlecht #ArchitectureCompetition #AdaptiveReuse #Beedier #SocialMediaZeitgeist
Studio by Three has created Noor Café, a striking contemporary landmark set within the historic urban fabric, defined by a monumental terracotta volume that reinterprets the traditional oasis courtyard. Sheltering a serene, palm-filled public space where architecture, climate, and community converge, the project offers a timeless yet bold addition to Dubai`s streetscape.
Reposted from @studiobythree - always with permission.
Noor Café is conceived as a contemporary landmark within the historic fabric of the city. Defined by a monumental terracotta volume, the project reinterprets the traditional oasis by framing a sheltered public courtyard where architecture, climate, and community come together.
#NoorCafe #UrbanOasis #ContemporaryArchitecture #HospitalityDesign #TerracottaArchitecture #Beedier #SocialMediaZeitgeist
Michael Collins Architects is currently progressing infrastructure works on The Dell of Allt Mhor, an experimental Passivhaus nestled in the Cairngorms National Park that beautifully blends traditional stereotomic gabion and stone construction with digitally manufactured timber panelling for a low embodied carbon result. Perched among tiered gabions filled with recycled river stones and salvaged castle rubble, the home`s larch and OSB-clad hall opens onto sweeping views over the bracken-filled valley and hills beyond.
Reposted from @michaelcollinsarchitects - always with permission.
#WIP The Dell of Allt Mhor, Cairngorms national park. Infrastructure works soon to start. A perimeter of tiered gabions sits amongst existing dry stone walls filled with river stones from excavations and recycled stone from a fallen castle in a nearby ‘borrow pit’. This experimental passivhaus mixes traditional stereotomic forms of construction with digitally manufactured timber panels resulting in a low embodied carbon construction. Large bounders used to support a balcony with views over the hills to the west and a bridges linked to the hill behind . Internally a larch and OSB clad hall doubles as a studio immersed in the bracken filled valley. Images in progress by team MCA, model by MCA and Findlay who recently undertook work experience,
#highlandarchitecture #architexture #passivhaus #stonearchitecture #beedier #socialmediazeitgeist
Charles Holland Architects, working alongside MICA Architects, Jeremy Rye, and Terra Firma Landscapes, designed this vibrant new landscaped urban park at College Green in the heart of Croydon has just secured Planning Approval, marking an exciting step toward its delivery phases. Bursting with colour and character, the design weaves together a playful multi-use games area, a lively playground, and inclusive, creatively "misusable" spaces like a dance circle and skateable benches — all set to be further shaped through community co-design workshops.
Reposted from @charleshollandarchitects - always with permission.
College Green
We have been working with @mica_architects, jeremy_rye and @terrafirmalandscapesltd on College Green, a landscaped urban park in the centre of Croydon.
After a long period of development, the project has just been granted Planning Approval and we will shortly be moving into Stage 4 and the delivery phases.
Our role has been to develop specific areas of hard landscaping as well as inputting into MICA’s overall masterplan and design strategy. This has included a multi-use game area (MUGA), a playground, benches and seating as well as some less clearly programmed spaces encouraging diverse and inclusive uses. The latter include a dance/performance circle incorporating song lyrics and lighting and skateable benches that encourage creative (mis)use and appropriation.
The MUGA includes uses pattern and colour rather than lines to suggest rather than prescribe use. A screen depicting the skyline of Croydon forms a backdrop as well as stopping balls landing where they shouldn’t.
Each of these spaces will be further developed via co-design and engagement workshops conceived and run by CHA.
We have worked closely with the design team and Croydon Council on this project and it’s great to see it moving forward. Thanks to MICA for inviting us to be part of their team and for being such open and creative collaborators.
#LandscapeArchitecture #PublicRealm #UrbanPark #Beedier #SocialMediaZeitgeist
DHaus has just launched an exciting new high-rise loft apartment project in downtown Nanjing, drawing inspiration from the raw brutalist concrete structure currently taking shape on site. True to their signature approach, the studio is layering in a rich sense of film narrative, by channeling the atmospheric tension of works like The Brutalist and Midsommar, to imagine the characters and stories that will one day inhabit these striking spaces.
Reposted from @the_dhaus_company - always with permission.
We have just started a new project in China, a high rise loft apartment in downtown Nanjing.
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We were inspired by the buildings brutalist concrete structure currently in construction.
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We always try to add a layer of film narrative to our work whether it be A24’s Midsommar or The Brutalist as we like to imagine characters and plots played out in our spaces.
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#DHaus #China #Downtown #Nanjing #thebrutalist #Beedier #SocialMediaZeitgeist
Peter Morris Architects’ playful extension in Bexley reimagines a typical 1930s suburban home through a joyful blend of Art Deco curves, Arts & Crafts influences and sun-washed pastel tones that bring a distinct holiday atmosphere to everyday living. With sculptural pink rendered forms, generous glazing and a beautifully landscaped garden setting, the project transforms the house into a vibrant and characterful family home full of warmth, light and optimism.
Reposted from @petermorrisarchitects - always with permission.
Here is a design for a rear, side and loft extension for a lovely client in Bexley. Bexley has a wonderful collection of 1930’s suburban developments. There is an interesting mixture of Art Deco and Arts & Crafts styles. With white rendered arches and chunky interlocking tiles.
For the new design I have drawn on these two styles, with an extra bit of holiday feel about it. Wouldn’t it be great to live in a permanent holiday 🌞
If you would like to live in your dream holiday forever, DM @petermorrisarchitects
#petermorrisarchitects
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#design
#artdeco
#artsandcraft
#beedier
#socialmediazeitgeist
Rural Office’s waterfront intervention in Cardigan transforms the town quay into a generous civic landscape, where stepped seating, robust materials and open public space reconnect the river’s edge with everyday community life. Originally conceived as part of a wider regeneration strategy, the project has matured into a lively and adaptable gathering place that supports seasonal events, informal social use and a renewed sense of identity for the town.
Reposted from @rural_office - always with permission.
Placemaking
It was Barley Saturday in Cardigan, West Wales so a guaranteed crowd for the annual spring event, and a chance to revisit our first public project by the river`s edge.
It was nearly twenty years ago that we stumbled into this commission as part of regeneration proposals for the town scape and waterfront. Much has changed in this period including attitudes to meanwhile uses, seasonal activation and outdoor amenity, so it was with great pleasure that we witnessed such a joyful place being used as it was intended. The remarkable spring weather helped!
It`s not been an easy adoption for the town. No one took ownership for the quay`s maintenance, the skateboarders battered the steps, and adjoining operators damaged the public realm with beer deliveries, but despite these challenges it is a great example of a successful placemaking strategy.
#ruraloffice #placemakeing #publicrealm #beedier #socialmediazeitgeist
Taylor Hare Architects’ concept proposal reimagines a former rural garden site as a landscape-led care community, where timber-clad homes, restored vernacular buildings and shared gardens create a warm, village-like setting rooted in nature and everyday connection. Designed to feel restorative rather than institutional, the scheme places wellbeing at the heart of the architecture through informal pathways, clustered dwellings and immersive landscapes that encourage familiarity, belonging and community.
Reposted from @taylorharearchitects - always with permission.
Concept Design: A Landscape-led Community for Care
Our proposals for reimagining a former rural garden site once defined by cultivation, now hold the potential for specialist care, community and renewal.
A place shaped not as an institution, but as a small village. Homes that gather in clusters and where shared communal spaces sit at its heart. Existing buildings are imaginatively reworked, drawing on the subtleties of the local vernacular, where familiar forms and materials are reinterpreted with care.
New buildings are designed to sit lightly on the land within informal gardens, where paths meander rather than divide, and where care is woven into the rhythms of everyday life.
We believe the future of rural care lies in places that are more human, more connected, and more imaginative. One where wellbeing is shaped as much by landscape, community and familiarity as it is by function.
Not every project finds its way into the world as a building. Some remain as ideas, testing, questioning and imagining what could be.
If you’re considering how a site might become something more thoughtful, and of a more human scale, we’d welcome a conversation.
✍️ @taylorharearchitects
Quote on slide 3 @lauraelee_maggies over image from the film ‘The Secret Garden by Agnieszka Holland
#ResidentialDesign #ContemporaryArchitecture #DreamHomeDesign #Beedier #SocialMediaZeitgeist
John Puttick Associates has completed the new Vault Youth Zone in Preston, delivering a vibrant civic building that forms the final piece of the wider city-centre masterplan anchored by the restored Preston Bus Station and public square. With its folded fibre-cement façade, bold yellow structural accents, and active street presence, the project creates an energetic and welcoming space for young people while reinforcing the area’s strong modernist identity and community focus.
Reposted from @johnputtickassociates - always with permission.
Our project for @vaultyouthzone and @onsideyz is now complete and is featured in the @architectsjournal this month with an article written by @franwillz
The new building is the final component in our masterplan for this part of Preston city centre, which began with the refurbishment of Preston Bus Station. The bus station reopened to the public in 2018, and the new public square completed the following year. The Youth Zone opens onto the public square, and the design uses yellow structural elements and a folded fibre-cement façade to relate to the modernist building opposite and create a bold image young people can identify with.
Photography by @gardnergareth
#johnputtickassociates #preston #architecture #youthzone #communityarchitecture #beedier #socialmediazeitgeist
Stonewood Design approaches sustainability as the foundation of design, creating deeply contextual buildings that integrate low-carbon materials, passive environmental strategies, biodiversity, and community wellbeing from the very beginning. Across projects ranging from museums and workplaces to libraries and adaptive re-use schemes, the work demonstrates a thoughtful “Mean, Lean, Green” philosophy that balances technical performance with beauty, cultural connection, and a light touch on the landscape.
Reposted from @stonewooddesign - always with permission.
For us, sustainability is not a layer added at the end of a project - it is where every project begins.
Operational and embodied carbon matter deeply, but we take a wider view of what makes a place truly sustainable: health, happiness, culture and community.
Our approach is simple - Mean, Lean, Green. Reduce energy demand first, design efficient fabric, and only then consider renewables.
We work with low-carbon materials that have long histories - timber, stone, hemp, rammed earth, thatch, oak shingles - and with the natural conditions of a place: landscape, sun, air and water.
Our Story of Gardening Museum received a RIBA South West Sustainability Award, but awards are not the goal. The goal is something simpler: to make buildings that tread lightly and belong to their place.
Projects shown: Story of Emily Museum / Story of Gardening Museum / Roman Villa Museum / Workplace Project / School Library / Creative Re-use Project
#SustainableArchitecture #LowCarbonDesign #BiophilicArchitecture #Beedier #SocialMediaZeitgeist
Leonard Design is leading the transformation of Jersey’s iconic Fort Regent, reimagining the Grade I listed Napoleonic fort as a vibrant contemporary leisure and entertainment destination while carefully preserving its historic character. Defined by dramatic civic interiors, immersive public gathering spaces, and a rich mix of cultural, sporting, and family-focused amenities, the redevelopment brings new life to the landmark through inclusive design, dynamic social programming, and sensitive architectural intervention.
Reposted from @leonard_design - always with permission.
We’re proud to announce our involvement in the redevelopment of Jersey’s most significant historical asset, converting Fort Regent from a neglected 1970’s leisure centre into a modern and exciting leisure and entertainment destination, set within a Grade 1 listed Napoleonic military fort.
The scheme includes a 2,500-capacity arena, six-screen cinema, tenpin bowling, e-gaming, and indoor adventure play activities. Externally, the Fort will benefit from a new children’s nursery, skatepark, pump track, play areas with sensory play, parkour zone, and a nature/heritage trail, supported by enhanced landscaping to provide inclusive activity spaces for all ages and abilities.
The site has presented a number of technical challenges, dealt with sympathetically and creatively alongside a talented multi-disciplinary team including @ridgellp, @spacehubdesign, @charcoalblue, and @gt_llp
#HeritageArchitecture #LeisureDesign #UrbanRegeneration #Beedier #SocialMediaZeitgeist
Our Brixton based start-up client MOST Architecture, were invited to pitch concept proposals for the complete re-design of an exhibition centre in South Korea for Hyundai. We assisted with graphic design layouts, film production, architectural drawings, story-boarding and translation.
We are always on the lookout for great new clients, and interesting projects. If you need help or advice with your architectural communications and business development, then please get in touch: info@beedier.com
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